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submitted: Apr 27th 2008 | by: RobertoBeiro | Total views: 2 | Word Count: 346 | |

Military surplus vehicles have been popular for a long time, and not just among army aficionados. The great thing about army surplus vehicles is that they are durable, relatively inexpensive, and easy to work on.

There are army surplus jeeps that date back all the way to the Vietnam War but are still in service. With a few simple tools, you can perform routine service on them yourself, making them great vehicles for hobbyists.

I remember, as a child, that my father bought an old Vietnam Army Jeep. It wasn't in great shape, and needed repair. It hadn't seen any action, but had been used heavily.

The Jeep came from an army training camp, and had been treated to the roughest terrain they could find, it seemed, because it was knackered. It had a massive hole in the bottom and one of the wheel was about to fall off. But it was cheap to buy, and more importantly, cheap to fix.

Nowadays, it can be hard to find parts for these old and aging army surplus vehicles. Back then, however, it was pretty simple. Army outdoor surplus gear - no matter if it was a Jeep or a sweater - was affordable, practical, and well built.

Most of the parts we required, we got from a mail-order catalogue. The wheel and remaining parts we sourced from our local army surplus store. It wasn't long before we were able to start working on the Jeep.

Today's army surplus vehicles are huge hummers and troop transports, but back then many of them were rather humble. This particular jeep was quite small, and easy to hoist up and work on. We could fit the whole thing in the garage and have plenty of room to move around and access our tools.

It took around three months of work. We spent around 20 hours per week on it, but when we finished we had an almost restored army jeep. It still needed some body work doing to it, but when we test drove it it ran great. And it's still going today.

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